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Top in-house counsel in large global companies have revealed that what most impacts their work right now is the pace and scope of global growth, far more than rising law firm costs or the economic downturn. The fast pace of globalization and the complexity and diversity of risks and demands was the top issue for more than 100 senior corporate counsel...

CPA, the leading provider of outsourced legal support services and the world's top intellectual property (IP) management specialist, has announced that the company has been awarded the number one ranking in the "Contract & Legal Document Review" category, and the number two overall position in the 2008 Black Book of Outsourcing's Top Legal Process...

Norris, McLaughlin & Marcus, P.A. is pleased and honored to announce that member Judge William A. Dreier has been awarded the prestigious 2008 Medal of Honor by the New Jersey State Bar Foundation (NJSBF) for his professional excellence as demonstrated by his accomplishments in the law and service to the profession and community throughout his career...

King & Spalding has announced that it is representing Sprint Nextel Corporation in its agreement with Clearwire Corporation to combine their next-generation wireless broadband businesses to form a new wireless communications company. The new company, which will be named Clearwire, said it will focus on expediting the deployment of the first nationwide...

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP's Corporate Department was recently honored with the "Law Firm of the Year" award by the nationally recognized publisher The M&A Advisor. The firm was acknowledged for its diverse and complex portfolio of debt and equity financing deals within the middle-market. Legal 500 and Chambers USA have also recently...

Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP (Fragomen) has announced that the New York office of Fragomen has recently moved to a more spacious office location which will allow the firm to better accommodate its growing staff and more efficiently serve the needs of its clients.
The new office is located at 7 Hanover Square, New York, NY 10004-2756. The...

James J. Vincequerra has joined WolfBlock as partner in the Bankruptcy Practice Group and will be resident in the firm's New York office.
He was formerly an associate at Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP in New York City.

Wiley Rein is pleased to announce that Robert L. Walker, the chief counsel and staff director of the Senate Ethics Committee, joined the firm as Of Counsel in its Election Law & Government Ethics and White Collar Defense Practices. Mr. Walker formerly held a similar position with the House Ethics Committee. He is the only person to have led both...

The global law firm of Thompson & Knight LLP has been named one of the "Best Places to Work" in the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex by the Dallas Business Journal for the fifth consecutive year.Thompson & Knight is the only law firm to be recognized as a five-time winner of this award.

Legal Times has named Robert S. Strauss and Thomas C. Goldstein of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP to its list of The 90 Greatest Washington Lawyers of the Last 30 Years. Messrs. Strauss and Goldstein were recognized as "visionaries," lawyers whose "foresight and hard work have changed the business of law in Washington."

Jones Day has announced that Jeffrey E. Gordon, a litigator focused on internal investigations and health care compliance and enforcement, has joined the Firm as a partner in the Washington office.
Besides Mr. Gordon's defense of healthcare companies and others in white collar criminal investigations and prosecutions, his litigation practice has...

The nine lawyers of the Taiwan firm J&J Attorneys-at-Law have joined the Taipei office of Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP (K&L Gates), creating an office of more than 25 legal professionals. The addition strengthens K&L Gates' domestic and cross-border capabilities both in Taipei and throughout the Greater China region which...

Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP has announced that eight practice areas and 16 partners were recognized in the 2008 edition of Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business. The firm's employment law department stood alone as the top-ranked firm in Delaware,was rated in the top tier for bankruptcy/restructuring and real estate zoning/land...

Eileen D. Millett, partner in the New York offices of Gibbons PC, has been elected Member-at-Large of the Executive Committee of the NYS Bar.
She previously served as General Counsel to the Interstate Environmental Commission, Assistant Deputy Commissioner on Legal Affairs and Trials for the New York City Police Department, and Department of Personnel...

An Opportunity Not To be Missed by New Jersey Interns. The New Jersey Chapter of ACC (NJCCA) invitescounsel and their interns to attend a summer event to NETWORK and LEARN. Internswill see how lawyers began and developed their careers, and how careerdecisions are made, including the decision to join a corporate legal department.
Also, if tips are...

CPA, the leading provider of outsourced legal supportservices and the world's top intellectual property (IP) management specialist,has announced that the company has been awarded the number one ranking in theContract & Legal Document Review category,and the number two overall position in the 2008 Black Book of Outsourcings TopLegal Process...

Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP hosted Philadelphia Mayor Michael A. Nutter at the firm's diversity group event at the National Liberty Museum in Philadelphia. Mayor Nutter praised Stradley Ronon's efforts and urged all law firms in Philadelphia to follow their example by working to increase minority-attorney retention rates.
As a founding...

Adaptive Solutions, Inc. (ASI), a provider of IT support and consulting services for law firms and Fortune 500 company corporate legal departments, will sponsor its 10th Anniversary Gala and Benefit on July 17 at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts on North Broad Street in Philadelphia.The evening will commence at 6:30 p.m.; dinner is scheduled for 7:30...

Goodwin Procter LLP has announced that the firm will be honored in Boston with the 2008 Pro Bono Law Firm of the Year Award, given annually by the Political Asylum/Immigration Representation Project (PAIR). PAIR is a non-profit organization committed to providing legal services to secure the safety and freedom of asylum-seekers and to promote the rights of...

Orlan M. Johnson, a Partner in the Firm's Business Department in Washington, DC, was recently named to the Board of Directors for the National Aquarium in Baltimore. He will serve a three-year term.
Mr. Johnson focuses his practice on general corporate and energy regulatory matters, complex business transactions and federal and state regulatory issues...

Protiviti Inc., a leading global provider of internal audit and risk and advisory services, has released the results of its second annual survey of internal audit professionals and their competencies in key knowledge areas.
The study, 2008 Internal Audit Capabilities and Needs Survey, found that in general technical knowledge three items ranked highest...

Recommind, a leading provider of automatic categorization, enterprise search and eDiscovery systems for law firms and enterprises, has announced that it has been named a leader in the May, 2008 Forrester Wave: Enterprise Search report, Q2 2008.